Fingerprint scanners have made life a little bit easier for smartphone users. Premium smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung use them to cut down the time of having to enter your pin every time you ...

Desktop Chrome already supports biometric confirmation before auto-filling payment information, and is now getting the option to require your fingerprint to enter ...

A hacker has found a way to hack fingerprint passwords — and it's as easy as taking a clear picture of someone's hands. At the 31st annual Chaos Computer Club conference in Hamburg, Germany, Popular ...

Instead of using all ten fingers to type in your user names and passwords when you enter a secure web site or log on to your PC, Microsoft wants you to use the tip of just one finger. They're not ...

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge come with a number of security features that aim to prevent thievery and prying eyes. One of the first layers of security is the Galaxy S6 passcode ...

Active Web users have lots of passwords to remember. Password overload is a common problem. Both Microsoft and Apple Computer have added new software tools to keep track of all your passwords, and Web ...

Fingerprint scanning is an easy and fast way to unlock mobile phones and authenticate identity to supported applications. Many banks have already added support for this capability and are allowing ...

Starting today, Samsung Galaxy S5 owners who use LastPass can now use their fingerprints to log in to their password vaults. When Apple added its Touch ID fingerprint sensor to the iPhone 5s, my first ...

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Cellphone fingerprint passcodes weren’t on James Madison’s mind when he authored the Fifth Amendment, a constitutional protection with roots in preventing torture by barring self-incriminating ...